Is SNL Even Funny?
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
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SNL has been on the air since the beginning of time; long before television was even invented. But... is the show good? Depending on who you ask, you'll get drastically different answers. Here's my opinion.
My favorite SNL sketches of the past few years:
"First Impression" ► • First Impression - SNL
"What's That Name?" ► • What's That Name - SNL
"Teacher Fell Down" ► • Teacher Fell Down - SNL
"House Hunters" ► • House Hunters - SNL
"A New Kyle" ► • A New Kyle - SNL
"The House with Chris Pine" ► • The House with Chris P...
"Undercover Office Potty" ► • Undercover Office Pott...
Also some cool behind the scenes vids:
Creating SNL: Control Room ► • Creating Saturday Nigh...
Creating SNL: Hair and Makeup ► • Creating Saturday Nigh...
Creating SNL: Photo Department ► • Creating Saturday Nigh...
Check out this video by GrantRants, who goes in depth as to why Kyle Mooney might be wasting his career on SNL:
► • How SNL Ruins Careers
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cmon drew, we all know you, being former SNL writer John Mulaney, are biased
He reminds me of John Mulaney so much
Olivia Valley But you are wrong. Nice failed correction. Your correction reads “you is biased.” Which is wrong.
bruh john mulaney is an asian american women-
aikoomei a proud one too
This comment gave me a fucking stroke
Is SNL even funny? Yeah, I sure hope it does.
Zyrus Smith underrated comment
can you explain this comment ?
@@Cry.laughing Sure. ua-cam.com/video/6AYv6rV3NXE/v-deo.html
That's the same guy who runs this channel.
Zyrus Smith i never knew that wtf-
you forgot the iconic "uHhHh" before the "yeAH i suRE HOPE IT DOES"
SNL used to be funny back in the 1800’s.
nah the 1700s were the golden era
Nah, I think this show lost its charm right around the turn of the Paleozoic Era.
After the Roman Empire was not a super power.
Everyone’s ring mid 2500s is the best era
Tell me about cant get enough of it
The elon episode also really highlighted how much of a difference the host makes too. An uncharismatic host really drags down the whole show
He wasn’t even bad, he wasn’t amazing but you definitely haven’t seen some of the athlete hosts trying to read
Also it affects the actual writing of the show. We've had back to back Comedian hosts like Chris Rock, Bill Burr, Kristen Wiig, and Dave Chappelle. All of which were hilarious and the Comedians got to write some of their own sketches.
Here just from watching "Gen Z Hospital" we all know who wrote half these sketches.
@@kieranmcinnis8526 he sucked he was boring.
But still that one has more views than the episodes around it like anya Taylor joy’s episode was the best week and it was funny but it didn’t get any attention whereas elon musk dragged the show and wasn’t funny but it got ton of views
It’s like we people are attracted to controversy
@@kieranmcinnis8526 true. A good skit can help though.
The best era of Drew Gooden was the 80's. He started becoming way more political after he was born.
:
He was born in 1996.
@sky bright games ever heard of sarcasm?
Obviously
@@SkyBrightGames you didn’t get the joke…
Drew Gooden hasn’t been funny since newlywed Danny Gooden left in 2001
shh, he's still sensitive about that
But...they just married each other
We were finally going to be a family!!!
* cries in stinky greg *
He's preparing for the inevitable divorce, where he gets kicked out of the house, has half his finances taken and then Chad from the bar moves in to bang his ex-wife's brains out. Sorry mate, you wont be spared.
Drew Gooden hasn't been good since he went by the name Danny Gonzalez.
Pete Davidson is hilarious but his roles on SNL are usually awkward and unfunny. It is mainly because instead of making a sketch just for him to show of his comedic talent, they put him in a lot of sketches with unimportant roles just to attract younger audience.
I think one of his best sketches was the fairly recent Christmas skit they did parodying Eminem's "Stan". He was super good in that.
Pete could write his own sketches if he wanted to have a recurring character and be on the show more, that's what Seth Meyers did and he worked his way up to the top. but he doesn't have to and honestly im guessing that he really just doesn't care enough anymore. if he does actually try to get sketches on its probably bc they're not funny enough. I dont really follow him tho so idk
No, he has all of us youth's hearts, and we are biased. But he is mediocre
He’s mediocre, but they’re going to keep him for as long as possible. Not because he attracts the younger crowd, but because he’ll probably kill himself (literally) if he got fired.
@@Gemnist98 What the ever loving fuck is wrong with you?
Bill Haders’ Stephon character was the funniest thing ever lol
His crush on Seth Myers was hilarious and the way they said goodbye to the character when Bill Hader left was great :)
I LOVED Stephon! LoL
Stefon was amazing
Stefon is one of my favorites. Scratch that, Hader in general is one of my favorites.
I’m such a big Bill Hader fan he’s so funny
When Drew was quoting people who said, "SNL hasn't been funny since the 70's/80's," all I could think was, "These poor souls obviously haven't seen the Stefon sketches." They're some of the funniest skits to ever come out of SNL imo.
So basically what you’re saying is we need more Bill Hader
Who doesnt need more bill hader content honestly
We need more bill hader and john mulaney we'll be perfect
Yes
yes
bill hader nation, rise
Ah, the non-American experience: knowing nothing about SNL but still watching the entire video.
this is really accurate (even though I love SNL). I just do that with most things though
I'm American, but I still know nothing about this show. Oof..
Choveka s Vaflata Same😅
Relatable. I’m Australian and had no idea what I was clicking on
Choveka s Vaflata fax
As a 20-year-old, I just recently started watching SNL, because I used to think it was all dumb. Now I realized you have to carefully choose which sketches you watch (depending on actors, sketch title, and video thumbnail lol). And having no nostalgic attachment to any era, I agree with Drew that the late 90s to around 2011 was the funniest era.
No nostalgic attachment here either. For me it was the Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Chris Farley years.
Keenan’s living his best life. His dream was to be on Snl and he got there. Props to him
And now he's never going to leave. :(
@@TheListenerCanon It's looking more and more like he's gonna take over once Lorne Michaels retires. I hope so because Kenan is so godamm versatile and understands the humor in all the sketches he's in, be it the traditional sketches to the weird and experimental ones. It gives me hope that if he were to become the head of the show, he'd be more open to different and more modern kinds of humor, something Lorne has never really been and something that drags the show down due to Lorne's giant influence on what sketches get shown.
As someone who grew up with All That, it feels amazing. Like seeing dreams come true
SNL hasn't been good since Drew Gooden left. That Danny Gonzalez replacement actor just doesn't fit.
Whyd you say the same name twice
John Mulaney didn’t leave lol
@@felismargarita9135 he DEFFINATLY left now.
@@felismargarita9135 I-
@@madyr616 i know this is a joke but i genuinely read the same name until i saw this
Finding out Drew is a football boy has to be the biggest plot twist to my own brain
Know I want to know his favorite team
Jacobi Gilbert he said colts
Wasup girl
Yikes
Jacobi Gilbert Im pretty sure it’s the Dolphins because he’s from florida and wore dolphins shirts in some videos. Poor Drew
To me, Bill Hader defined that era - such a raw talent with such a broad array of skills. He could bring even the dullest of sketches to life.
100% agree
I think you mean Kristen Wiig
Ego Nwodim is one of those people that they just figured out how to write for. While this may not be the best season, I feel like she is finally starting to shine.
Ikr!!! Midday news + A Teacher really made her my favorite cast member
Heidi gardner too is starting to fall into her niche
ego is a legend, she had some hysterical sketches this season
Ego is continuing to kill it this season, too
Definitely one of the best cast members currently. Her Lisa from Temecula is great!
Drew is just a lowercase John Mulaney
Eris Thotle Why does this make so much sense
Couldn't agree more!😁 Love em both.
i was thinking the same thing what the FUCK
Yeah kinda I suppose
Drew? More like 'drew'.
"Comedy with an agenda is not comedy because its not meant to make people laugh, it's meant to make people agree; and I just wanna laugh."
-Drew Gooden
That is the quote of the century
Yeah except the “feminists bad, blm bad, clinton bad” ones right? White boys love them but it’s “too political” when it’s Trump.
@@lynnross2204 I just wanna laugh. If anyone can tell a good joke about trump then I'll laugh, its not that deep for me.
@@lynnross2204 wow :D
@@lynnross2204 wow are you a yoga teacher because..... ya know....
@@absolutelyspooky2502 took me a minute to get that and I feel a bit foolish
I feel like every new snl writer and cast member should be required to watch this video before they can write a single sketch; that's how on point it is.
i love how drew is not just a commentary & reactions channel but also a review channel . it makes the vid seem more professional and like smart whilst also being chill and funny . love it
You acknowledged your own bias? This is far too reasonable. I'm unsubbing.
Hey, up yours buddy!
you hate drew gooden? This is far too reasonable im subscribing then unsubbing.
@@xCheeseHead95x unless you're being sarcastic i think this is an r/whoooooosh moment
john mulaney's back has got to hurt after every time he hosts
Cause he carries the whole episode? Ik
Eh he was alright
eh i didnt find him funny on snl... but his stand up comedy is amazing
@@excuseu2563 Its not exactly like a first week in jail.......
Or maybe it is what do I know
yearoldnut yesss. I never him on SNL he talked about it. Some how I forgot... but his standup is amazing.
Bowen Yang literally showed up and saved SNL. Ever since his, “My name is Amber, as in the alert....” I’ve been hooked.
“I mean, Colin’s alright, but he’s not that funny.”
Me, a Colin: 😔
Sorry 😔🤙
@@sadsadtearsofaclown859 I sad 😞
@@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594 it’s ok don’t be sad. I’m sure ur way more funny than the Colin in the video. I’ll buy you food to make you feel better 😌👍
@@sadsadtearsofaclown859 Will you buy me food, and pay my head, and tell me I’m pretty?
@@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594 yes I’ve got u. 1. What food do u want. 2. Here U go *head pats* 3. Ur very pretty 💖
"im probably in love with every single woman on that show"
DIDN'T YOU JUST GET MARRIED TO DANNY
wait, doesn't that include the fat one?
Even Amy Schumer
ive never watched snl so i dont know lol
Admire- like admiring an actor
I know this is probably a joke but I’ll still mention it
Protag Shilex why is that so difficult to believe?
Why is this 13 year old John Mulaney yelling at me about the Boss Baby??
AHA
Why are you watching?
good one dude, totally laughed.
Drew isnt nearly as funny as john mulaney.
@@lamasu8060 and with that, sir, everyone has disagreed, but that is alright. People have opinions
Lol randomly thought of this video after the Elon monstrosity
I didn't even watch that episode but I heard it was a disaster
@@sOriginalMan-bw8de What happened in it?
I honestly really liked it. They knew what they were doing 100%, like with the Oogi Show and the Gen Z hospital which very much intended to be as cringe as possible. is that good writing? that's up for debate, it doesn't land for me, but I don't think it was bad.
Chad on Mars, the Western sketch, and Elon Wario were absolute classics for me.
and everything else aside, Elon does have Aspbergers, which is pretty apparent if you just watch his speech, mannerisms, etc during his monologue. It's not particularly easy to just get up in front of that many people and perform, and in that sense I think he did a great job.
@Sharko two cast members made one comment on Twitter, neither of which suggested he shouldn’t be hosting. you were sold a narrative that has no basis.
also, it was actually a pretty funny episode
@dulapeep he has asbergers and isn’t a professional actor. it was charming and with his limitations, I thought he did a great job
Honestly, the reason I like to watch SNL is precisely to see, taking into account all the limitations (time, etc.), what they're gonna do each week. Sometimes it's good, sometimes not, but to me the appeal is the "trying" that's interesting in itself.
That was the most respectful critique in history.
1.3k likes and I'm your second reply
1 accidental dislike and I’m your 3rd reply
1.6K comments and 5th like
@@insertfunnyusernamehere8105 *reply.
Erin Last Name Redacted 3.5k likes and 9th reply
This point is super relevant right now. In the Trump-Biden debate sketch, the audience cheered more than they laughed. That’s literally not comedy.
I am not a trump fan and I literally didn’t laugh during the debate sketches
Yeah and also Trump came on snl before Baldwin That's when the impression of him was good hammond did a great job
I'm sure there are definitely Trump haters and/or Biden fans out there who don't even enjoy the skits cuz they're not funny
@@qtarokujo3694 As one of the brain endowed people you refer to, they aren't that funny. However I think they totally can be. It's hit or miss
and its not just that they're preachy, its that the current reality is so ridiculous that you cant make a satire of it. a lot of the time they end up just repeating verbatim what someone actually said.
Beck, Cecily and Kate are my favourites. I appreciate that snl has embraced female comedians instead of making them side characters in the sketch.
Mooney’s dorky sense of humor is amazing. Also SNL in the early 80s was famously terrible and Eddy Murphy had a ton of weight on his shoulders to not make it a dumpster fire.
“Is SNL funny?”
I don’t know Drew, maybe you should make an Excel Spreadsheet on it...
Andrew F or TWO!
I’m the second comment
666 likes
*_D O E S_*
Nothing makes something funnier than being *told why*
drew: **gets married**
also drew:
“you know what, i think im in love with every woman on the show”
that’s exactly what i thought lol
This is why Amanda left for Afghanistan.
Crushed Belette
r/whoooosh
brontosaurus the egg We get it, you use Reddit.
Yeah, I think his wife knows he means that in jest, but like... WHAT?
I think recently, my least favorite sketches are the ones where they try to appeal to gen z. They keep on thinking that they can just use memes and attract our attention, rather than trying to figure out why we think those memes are funny. Sometimes it even feels like stolen jokes rather than an adaptation of a meme. They keep having Kyle playing gen z characters like baby yoda (not to mention the racist undertones to that). Kyle was great in “killed the bit” because he finally got to play a weird hippie.
Yeah I've noticed that and it's uncomfy.
Just curious, but how exactly is Baby Yoda a Gen Z character? He's on a show that's just a giant payoff to off movies from the 70s. Do you mean by becoming a meme, Baby Yoda has evolved into a Gen Z character. If Frank Sinatra becomes a meme, will he become Gen Z also?
@@DaddyLongFeather he will become relevant to gen z. But the point be is making is that baby yoda was made more recently than Frank sinatra has been singing.
I'm not sure about the whole racism thing, but as a zoomer myself the only snl sketches I really like are from, like, the 70s to the 90s. Landshark, the Church Lady, Matt Foley, Norm Macdonald's run on Weekend Update, all a little dated but still funny as hell, probably because those sketches weren't meant to pander to anyone.
Gen z does, however, need to stop taking itself so seriously. SNL makes fun of young people, that's what they do. They've also made fun of milennials and gen xers and boomers and yet we weren't crying on Twitter when they did that.
@@wormdoodles I don't think gen z are crying about the fact that they're making fun of them, more just that they use jokes incorrectly. Thats jarring to watch, so people dislike it.
commenting from December 2023. I've been subscribed to you for a very long time, and I remember watching this video the day you released it, living in an Airbnb in the state hundreds of miles away from everyone i knew, because I followed someone I was in love with (shocker , they were awful) going back and watching this video now like four or five years later, I have my own apartment now and I'm thriving and I'm making money, and I just feel so awesome to watch something when I saw it on release and I was doing so much worse than I am now. just super cool, thanks for listening to my TED talk
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Whether you think snl is funny or not... we can all agree...
Amy Schumer isn’t funny.
Gray - we can all be united in disdain for her.
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
Eh, the material she's stolen from other comedians is funny.
@@Angie-Pants But that's still not her, is it?
Tea
You talk about John Mulaney as if you and him are different people.
WE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE TOUR 2
here we go again
@@slightlyoffensivedadjokes sorry danny, you have been replaced.
I would like your comment, but the number of likes is in 666 and I don't want to be the one to change that
@@joaoantonio7794 But then you would be the one to one up Satan himself!
I feel like one of the only actual great actors on SNL at this moment is Kenan Thompson. I watched skits that he was in as a promo for his new show and I loved them. At first I just walked into my dad's room and saw it playing and I was like "are these just the funniest snl sketches compilation" and he said it was a promo compilation. I think that since he's had so much experience for 18 years then also being on All That( Which is a show a old show on Nickelodeon which had sketches). There are also amazing actors like Kate Mckinnon, Beck Bennet, Alex Moffat, and a few more that are good but Kenan Thompson is the best actor on SNL.
SNL really pulled it back together with 2000s Mario jokes
"Comedy with an agenda is not comedy... Because it's not meant to make people laugh - it's meant to make people agree."
Drew, funny man, I couldn't agree more.
*WAIT*
😅
But on a serious note comedy with an agenda is still valid. But yes I agree that it can start feeling preachy very easily. Ergo don't forget to be funny I guess 😎
All observational humor is literally about someone selling a point of view and expecting that his audience agrees. Literally.
Including this video
Yeah I dont agree
@@MiloKuroshiro Eh, that's a bit of an oversimplification. The message isn't what's important in comedy. It's not about agreeing. It's about being funny enough that even people who disagree can laugh along and say that they see the point. Its not about the audience agreeing with the message. It's about agreeing with what's funny about the message.
I strongly disagree with this point. It's very true that comedy with an agenda can often go off the rails in service of that agenda, but comedy can also be used as a very effective way of communicating ideas, including opinions. I guess what's important is whether it's done skilfully - it's probably harder to do good comedy with an agenda, because the work is in service of two goals - and whether the agenda eclipses the humour. But the idea that something can't do both things - make people laugh, and make people agree - is kind of ridiculous. It's a balance that has to be struck, for sure, but generally creative works are striking all kinds of balances. It's part of the craft.
Anyway, I've never seen a complete episode of SNL, but I'm very willing to believe the anti-Trump stuff is bad. Plenty of political humour is ham-fisted, lacking in insight, and kind of pointless. I just think it's a mistake to jump from that to "comedy can't want to do anything other than make you laugh". I think that's hugely limiting.
It kind of feels like the question “is SNL funny” is kind of like “are sports good” the question is almost too broad
agreed... he answered the question in the beggining of the video: sometimes it's very funny, sometimes not
i agree
also, like sports: some of it is good, some of it is bad. some is entertaining, some is boring
It kind of feels like the question "is SNL funny" is kind of like "Which moron do you find more irritating" the question includes too many crap comedians in one place.
@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw Charles Barkley the 🐐
@Username well here's the thing. First of all its just your opinion, second it is widely treated as still funny, thats why it still airs.
Honestly Pete Davidson and John Mulaney are the only people on SNL that I watch
Pete is worst ..always breaking character ..unfunny
who's here after gen z hospital
Me, a dutch girl, watching this not even knowing wtf SNL is:
Hmm.. yes. I totally agree.
Pinkdubs I don’t think we have it in the uk either, maybe that’s because I don’t watch a lot of TV though
it's basically a live show that runs every Saturday for over 40 years. I think it comes out of New York but idk. I'm American and have never seen a full episode.
Pinkdubs ua-cam.com/video/PfPdYYsEfAE/v-deo.html watch that. It’s my fav sketch and perfectly encapsulates what’s snl is mostly like
It’s a sketch comedy show shot live from nyc every Saturday basically since 1978. It’s like a national treasure in the u.s. lol
Mia Blackburn I’m so glad and same lol
Drew mentioned Mulaney, and didn’t acknowledge how they are basically the same
TOO MUCH TUNA
i watched john's netflix specials the other day and realized how similar they are omg
Sometimes I forget they're different people lol
I completely agree. They couldn’t be any more similar.
Hingle McCringleberry both are comical geniuses.
4:44 "unless you're keenan thompson bcs he'll be on the show forever" IM DYING HAHA
I genuinely think last season into this season is the turning point we’ve been waiting for. 2nd half of last season (NOT including the Elon episode) was very underrated imo. For example last season’s episodes hosted by Timothee Chalamet, Rege-Jean Page, Carey Mulligan (good ep overall but Bowen as the iceberg from Titanic made it amazing), Keegan-Michael Key, and Anya Taylor-Joy were all great episodes. This season is even better and the new cast members (Aristotle, Sarah Sherman, JAJ and Please Don’t Destroy) have all been fantastic so far. I might be wrong but I think we’re looking at a new great era of snl
Please Don't Destroy is SO AMAZING!!! I think they've killed it literally every time they have a sketch. I'm always excited for their sketch! And Michael Longfellow is really funny too
Drew: I love sports.
Also Drew: I made Excel sheets for fun and don't get to use it as much as I'd like.
You fucking *KNOW* he makes football spreadsheets and is an avid fantasy nerd though...
HalfToros, very good comment
Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive
@@dominikkerschbaum3237 It's a JOKE.
The perfect man does exi-
snl was funniest in the 4th millennium BCE, during the era of ancient mesopotamia wym
I know right, I can't believe no one else can recognize that!
Wtf is bce
@@fritz404 Before Common Era
Mesopotamia, I’m messin’ with your brain. Yeah.
WTF is BCE? before C**nts existed
honestly, i feel like everyone's fav snl era is always the ones that occur when you're in your late teens/early 20s. i personally love the current (2015- now ish) snl, I think the cast is phenomenal.
They’ve always been political. It’s part of their function. But these last few years, the problem isn’t politics, but an extremely unfunny approach to it. I think a lot of this stems from casting Alec Baldwin as Trump. Not only is Baldwin just not funny without a really solid, well doctored script, he doesn’t do a good Trump impression. It takes more than a wig and squinting your eyes. He didn’t have his cadence down, or many of what most would consider his most comical mannerisms. It just wasn’t a good impression. Not to mention, the fact that many of the jokes were very unoriginal. When 2020 rolled around, and they could finally start taking a swing at debates again, things improved drastically. But by that point we’d already had 4 whole years of the same “orange man bad” joke over and over and over and over again. Which is baffling because Trump was a horrible president. He should have been the easiest person on Earth for SNL to tear to absolute shreds. Yet they didn’t. I think a lot of this particular issue stems from the overwhelmingly liberal ethos behind SNL. Now when I say liberal, I don’t mean it in the “anything left of Mussolini” way most people in this country mean. I mean *liberals.* Liberals, by definition, are opposed to taking a hard stance on much of anything that really matters. They wouldn’t take a hard swing at Trump’s absurd, heinous, inhumane policies, because ultimately that wasn’t their problem with him. They could only make bad, shallow jokes like “haha he has a bad tan” because that’s as far as their spineless ideology will allow them to go. This applies to almost every figure that’s featured on the show during their mid-to-late 2010s run. They don’t mock bad policy, they attack personal traits. It’s the precise opposite of everything good political comedy should be.
Also, the cast kinda sucks. Especially Peter what’s his face. They treat that guy like their crown jewel, and he’s really, really unfunny. Like, spectacularly unfunny. He’s the worst part of every sketch he’s in.
Wow i love everything you just said. I've been watching SNL for the first time on Hulu and I'm just now getting to the post-Trump era and you're exactly on the nose. The political sketches from the earlier seasons were definitely less liberal. As a leftist myself I was surprised with the way they criticized a lot of establishment politicians (and I really enjoyed it). They weren't scared to put politicians on blast for their bad policy and scandals. Trump is such an easy target for this exact same approach, but it does feel like they dumbed it down and avoided criticizing him on things that weren't completely surface level, like "lol he is so orange" and "he talk funny" and "his hands be so small!"
i personally like the current cast but i agree with the rest of this comment. snl’s best current events and politics-centered sketches are the ones where they’re not afraid to take hard stances on things, be controversial, or even dip their toes into edgy humor. nobody wants to see the same five spineless jokes repeated over and over again
i completely agree! people need to stop talking about ‘haha stupid man with fake tan’ and start talking about his numerous sexual assault/rape allegations and his harmful politics. i know trump isn’t really relevant anymore but i still wish people talked more about the things that really matter. i know they’re not trying to be political and make light jokes, but ‘orange man bad’ for the 800th time just isn’t funny in any world
Sometimes I forget just how smart and well spoken drew gooden is
abina sathiya exactly that why he’s my favorite youtuber
No the only words he says ever is “hey what’s up guy”
I know right. I didn't expect a basketball player to be such a well spoken comedian
How can you forget that?
Same
Wow, Drew’s really changed ever since he and Danny got hitched 😕 he was better in the early 14th century
PeachesandPaints The Drew Gooden Show hasn’t been funny since 1254 :(
@@peachy8390 are you kidding me? i think he was no longer funny after 500 BC.
But only 1800 kids will get it
you all gotta be kidding right? he was obviously better during the 11th century
Only 1884 Kids Will Get This !
Pete Davidson is a really great player but they just give him all the wrong roles. These last few weeks, though, they've been giving him actual characters to play and skits that aren't just him basically playing a characiture of himself (druggie kid, rebellious kid or whatever). He's amazing on Weekend Update because it plays to his strengths.
Julio torres is, imo, one of the funniest writers who’s been on snl in the past decade. wells for sensitive boys is So Good
yes!! his sketch papyrus is genius and a personal favorite of mine
him and bowen yang singlehandedly bringing snl to queer audiences
Gotta admit your football analogy for explaining why snl isn’t always the best every single year was actually super genius and well explained
Yeah, and as a fellow football fan it made complete sense to me.
yeah, and as a very unathletic girl it made complete sense to me.
legit, i fuckin hate sports but it made sense
@@user-vs5jg2bg3q Why do you hate sports? I can understand not being into them but there's really nothing to hate.
His Andrew luck thing didn’t age well lol
Honestly the quality of SNL skits _completely_ depend on the actors. It could be *horrible scripting* and a hilarious actor could make it great.
Mmm watcha sayyyy
This is very true, my favorite all time snl episode is the one where charles barkley hosted in 2012, just a weird episode but Charles steals the show
Hilarious/good actors can only make a terrible script okay imo
"Comedy with an agenda is not comedy. Because it's not meant to make people laugh, it's meant to make people agree."
This is how I feel about recent work I've seen from Dave Chappelle. It just feels like he's there to talk about whatever political stuff he wants to talk about and use comedy as a shield against critique. "It's just a joke" is the vibe to me.
"mean spirited." That is the perfect way to put it, in my opinion.
No one:
Drew gooden: Let me show you this spreadsheet I made for fun
Nickkisskiss lmao
Nickkisskiss i can relate
Holy crap 450 likes lol
"I don't get to work with Excel nearly as much as I'd like to."
Brand new sentence.
Lol boy I love it when people make this joke. No one: (said nothing) it's just so goddam funny, because there's a blank space after no one lmao. Of course *no one* said nothing but you typed it in, and then made the point that this guy did something no one asked for just hilarious on so many levels whew.
The “orange man bad” joke was funny at first. But when you keep repeating the joke, it isn’t a joke anymore. It becomes a political stance, which is fine. But it isn’t funny anymore.
It was never that funny
Also why is it fine that it's a political view, you can disagree with his politics but,"orange man bad," is disrespectful.
recently in their presidential debate sketch, then the vice presidential debate, they basically said they wanted trump to die from covid. i mean, i dont really like trump, but thats just messed up...
@@calebsewell3271 yeah, like i really dislike trump but i wouldn’t wish death on him. that’s just wrong.
It's not funny because everyone makes comment at Trump. Which is fine, its a modern event, comedians can mock modern day. The problem is when EVERYONE makes those jokes, its not original, its an over played joke. The main problem is they COULD make it funny if they did their own spin on it but they always keep it the same.
Also let's be real they go all in on the Trump jokes because they're desperately trying to make up for how much his guest episode helped his campaign
literally bless your heart for putting ads at the end, u are a champion of the people
drew can you please make more spreadsheets? i'm a spreadsheet person and i enjoy that you are also a spreadsheet person and i think you should make more spreadsheets to share with us spreadsheet people
Yesss I love spreadsheets
I'm surprised you didn't mention the sketch that John Mulaney was in recently on SNL where he said "little stinker" like 5 times.
Lol
littlesiha which was that again? For some reason I can’t remember
Kate said little stinker in that sketch, not John.
the "u know how to whistle" sketch!! that was so funny omg
Ally the What’s That Name was hilarious. Also the Chad sketch in that episode was awesome.
Drew Gooden hasn't been funny since the 1970s
Marin Yanchuk Hahaha, Lol!
Yeah his mom was pretty funny
Agree now days he just panders
Lol
Nah, he was good in 1538. That was his peak. Now hes just boring
That was an absolutely stunning excel sheet, all that column formatting and proper sum formulas. Lovely colours, easy to read. 10/10
My daughter talks about you all the time, and I really enjoy the clips she shows me, but you got me to subscribe the second you highlighted the mid to late 2000's as a golden era! I was in high school during the the Phil, Dana, Farley years and quoted them incessantly, but, often, nothing can beat miraculous Keenan, along with Kristen, Bill et al when they're on fire!
When my teen was little, she watched with me all the time and ran around the house singing "I got guests, and a show, and I'm ready to gooooooo!" or "What's Up With That?" Thanks Drew!!
and yes, more of Kyle and Beck. They are perfect!
yes...in my top ppl on the planet also
I'm belatedly 'live commenting' which is why I seem excessive 😁
Pete Davidson is so heavily misused on SNL. He’s SO funny but SNL either throws him in the background or gives him a role that he can’t show how funny he is
Yes!! He is always amazing on Weekend Update, I think that's where he feels more comfortable and has his chance to shine
That's because his range is quite less. He can't do stuff which Kate or Kenan do
Probably because he doesn’t fit in the so called agenda..
*Oh Ok*
They did that after he confronted production about how every single sketch was political and boringly anti-trump. He never got many good parts after that.
"Comedy with an agenda isnt trying to make you laugh, it's trying to make you agree, and I just wanna laugh"
- Drew Gooden
I get what he's saying but honestly comedy/satire is one of the best ways to make an argument. Sure it isn't everyone's cup of tea (it's clearly not Drew's), but that doesn't mean that it isn't effective or funny.
@@spacelizbian3237 yes but theres a noticable difference between creating comedy as the vector for your biases and constructing comedy for the sake of humor.
Jordie Jordan that’s not really making an argument though- political jokes that are meant to be humorous and are actually well thought out/clever CAN be funny while also having a message, it’s just that the snl ones are more focused on being surface-level jabs than something deeper and more comedic.
I agree. I think the main reason l they're not as funny is that they're almost always mean spirited now, and almost always supporting only one side of the political spectrum.
@@fusetunes Political jokes are like, "I'm political party. You are opposing political party." *opposing party does something idiotic, while the first one doesn't*
*cues laugh track*
The way drew makes a video is such an amazing experience. Never seen it before.
I’ve been watching Drew for nearly a year now and I know he’s the “road work ahead” guy, but by God I must be an idiot bc I just realized why he has the sign in the background, I thought it was just aesthetic but its a road work ahead sign
That’s really funny to me
lol same
I only learned that from your comment. At least now I have an excuse to watch it again.
I don’t get the vine, would someone plz explain it to me?
Kaylee Riera “road work ahead” “uh yeah I sure hope it does” the sign actually means that road construction is ahead, but he says “I sure hope it does” to mean that the sign is saying the the road is working and can drive on it
There are three opinions about SNL:
1. It's okay
2. It is the worst show that has ever been produced
3. It was good in the 70s
Or it only good when you were young.
Try watching any episode from the 70's. It's hot garbage.
4. The late 2000s era was fucking amazing and every single person who was on it is a comedy god (Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, etc.)
I actually say this without the nostalgia bias bc I started watching snl on UA-cam in 2015. I can literally name 10 sketches I love & rewatch frequently from that era right now, while I’d struggle with naming 5 from the past 5 years lmao
@@worrywirt Yep. I grew up in the 80's with Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks, and they're my sentimental favorites, but I can acknowledge that the era you describe was the best.
empty sky the mid 2000s was pretty amazing as well, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler & Maya Rudolph alone
My favorite SNL-related experience was going back to watch stuff from 2007-2009 because that's when I watched it as a kid (way too young to be watching it, honestly) and then realizing how Fred Armisen was in blackface for my entire childhood
hey it’s john mulaney’s lil brother doing youtube
so basically just put bill hader, fred armisen, andy samberg, seth meyers, amy poehler, maya rudolph, john mulaney and tina fey in an episode and it's done
Can we add Tina Fey to that list?
@@s29nv1sr1 sorry ofc 😌
can we add kristen wiig to the list too? 🥺
YEAH excactly what i'm saying
Yes Andy samburg is my favorite comedian
I have the same shirt
Ok
i doubt that
i do nowadays
My shirt has the same I
I didn’t expect atlas pro to be here
You need to do more videos like this. this was better than most big name video essayers
the math in your videos is my favorite part. it feels extra on the surface but it is so necessary. I love it!
"Comedy with an agenda is not comedy, because it's meant to make people agree, not make people laugh"
Who knew that the first and only channel on UA-cam would be so profound?
Patches could kick Tarkus's ass just sayin
At least quote him right.
@@WhynoMoral I'm paraphrasing ya bastard, the same point got across
Lmao okay try telling that to George Carlin in the 90's.
@@misund3rst0od10 george carlin was so anti PC and that was part of his gig! the left has gone completely pc gestapo! these lefties are "triggered" by every little fucking thing. they don't like comedy. they like people agreeing with them. they are such butt-hurt, psychotic drama queens.
This is just Drew loving John Mulaney for 16 minutes straight
*16 minutes gay
Thank god
Uncle Russell fair
Wait are you saying Drew isn't John Mulaney?
callmefem YES
I literally just watch SNL for Colin Jost and Pete Davidson
Early 2000’s SNL was legit comedy gold for no reason when I watch those sketches especially looking at the writers 😶
best era of SNL was definitely Elizabethan period. william shakespeare was a great head writer
Romeo and Juliet is the best SNL sketch ever. The twist at the end is hilarious.
@@MinimiMax
Come on man, what about MacBeth? Those witches have impeccable comedic timing!
Maybe it's bc I'm a girl, but I think the Jane Austen era should be considered too. Think about all the remakes?
@@MinimiMax Hamlet wins because of the skull. God, that skull was great.
"Comedy with an agenda isnt trying to make you laugh, it's trying to make you agree, and I just wanna laugh"
- Drew Gooden 2019
Best quote on comedy since the 70s
Hobo they’re going for that sweet,sweet clapter
That's pretty stupid.
David Clinging I’ve been combing the comments for an actual response to that, thank you! I get why people don’t always enjoy comedy with an agenda but, not only is it comedy, it’s been historically important for a very long time.
Why do I keep on finding more old videos from Drew that I haven’t watched yet😂? (Rhetorical question)
"No one will ever agree on anything."
(gives a nod of agreement)😁
John Mulaney is probably one of the funniest people I've ever heard.
same
As it stand he's still my number one favourite dry comic
amen.
The episode that he hosted a few weeks back is the best SNL episode I've seen in a few years.
What's new pussy cat.
"The best season of SNL was [insert the year I was 14-years-old here]." -everyone
Nick Stadler “actually the best season was [insert year i was 9]. “ - some other guy
The recent Gen Z Hospital sketch was just bad. They brought Elon Musk on the show too and it was fucking terrible and frankly borderline offensive
Agreed. There were no jokes what-so-ever in Gen Z Hospital. They expect you just to laugh at how much you hate young people. It wasn't even accurate to how people talk.
before it started, i said that the good sketches would be the ones where elon musk played himself because as a host that's his only strength, a sketch with chad in it (bc they couldn't pass up that opportunity), and the sketch with miley cyrus in it because i love her new album. turns out i was right.
I feel like Elon wrote half of these sketches, considering they feel much much worse than a regular SNL Sketch.
number one drew gooden video to fall asleep to
In conclusion:
Is SNL Funny?
Sometimes.
*Yesn't*
lol thanks for the summary
Lauren np
wait y did people like this you literally copied a line from the video
PyRo yeah so?
so basically: Bill Hader and John Mulaney carry SNL
Ya you ain’t wrong
Well now it’s beck and kyle
literally.
yes😌 (personally i think pete davidson is great too)
wait, the guy who created the fldsmdfr was on SNL
the good neighbour stuff videos they used to do is honestly one of the funniest things I've ever watched, kyles videos alone we're something else. I adore his awkward interviews.
And from snl the papyrus short film or whatever and dear sister are my favorites, I always come back to watch them.
“The shooting aka dear sister” was recommended to me the other day and I didn’t look into any more sketches (except “meet your second wife”) and just keep rewatching it
"Comedy with an agenda isn't comedy because it isn't meant to make people laugh, it's meant to make people agree."
Preach.
I don't normally give in to these but 🤢
I feel like the "it's too political now" thing isn't really accurate, it's just that SNL has been harping on the same couple of points over and over again. There are also lots of skits that arent centered around politics but are inherently political one way or another. I think SNL has just been harping on on the same "trump orange and fat get it" and that just feels lazy and, like you said, mean-spirited.
SNL's brand involves finding the most lukewarm, unlikely to cause a hubbub political takes and putting jokes to them. When you have a situation like the current one where the political opinions that value human life are considered "far left" there's not much you can say politically that won't cause ratings to plummet.
@@samkadel8185 "political opinions that value human life are considered "far left" that is a gross oversimplification and you know it, my suggestion is that you get off Twitter and start looking into the whole spectrum of politics. Bubbles are not healthy. Also you contradict yourself in your comment. If SNL was looking for safe political takes, why are they bashing on Trump? because it is "safe" to do so.
The problem is that people around the globe, not just America, is sick and tired of hearing about Trump and "woke politics". Even here in my country we hear about Trump on a daily basis, most people dont care and thats why people are turning away from stuff like that.
Not because they dont value life, just apathy to media outlets that consistently pumps out this polarizing rhetoric, something you have also contributed to by saying only you and your political affiliations value human life, you will be met with resistance on that sense you will be viewed as a very smug elitist when doing that. Which in turn will only entrench your beliefs even more and your bubble will shrink and all of a sudden, everyone that does not encorporate the same values as you is a nazi or vice versa. Start listening and you will see that people have deeper thoughts then whats on the surface, it will broaden your perspective.
@@snes3351 when stating "no one deserves to be bankrupt due to illness" gets a response just as if not more vitriolic than yours, I get to say that valuing human life is considered far left in the US. besides, I don't even use Twitter. It's safe to say trump bad, but it's not safe to say the real reasons why.
its low-hanging fruit
@@kayleebrown2900 absolutely.
THANK YOU!! KYLE AND BECK NEED MORE SKETCHESSS
SNL can be fantastic, but my problem with it is that pretty much every sketch is at least twice as long as it should be.